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App Watch: The 5 Best Free Apps for the iPad

Enjoying your new iPad? Yeah? How're your pockets feeling? A little tight, right? Yeah, that's what happens when you drop a grip on a new product. And now that you've got your new toy, you've realized that only way to truly enjoy Apple's newest innovation is to load with apps from their App Store. We're right there with ya. To help you get the ball rolling, we've picked out the five apps you should download as soon as you crack the plastic seal. And even better, they're all free. Read on to see which ones made the cut.

APP: NetFlixCOMPLEX SAYS: Those of you still on the fence about dropping $15 every month for a NetFlix account need to cop or borrow an iPad and check out the NetFlix app. It's not too different than the NetFlix experience on your laptop, but with the iPad, you get the browse through their enormous movie selection and stream a movie in amazing HD quality to a device you can hold in your hands while laying in bed.DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

APP: The Marvel Comics AppCOMPLEX SAYS: Everyone's been trying to figure out the best way for people to digitally read books, newspapers and magazines, but not many people seemed too concerned with how comics will fare in the new digital world. Not looking to lose dough when the digital divide hits, Marvel's dropped the best comic book reader we've seen. You can browse through a good part of their back catalog to see the first appearances of characters like Spider Man and all the X-Men. But the dopest part comes when you read them. You can either read full pages at a time, or go frame by colorful, vivid frame. It's the closest experience to the real thing you'll find. And it's free!DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

APP: NPR for iPadCOMPLEX SAYS: If they haven't already, every news organization is going to draft up an iPad app. Out of the ones available on launch day, our favorite is NPR's. In addition to redesigning their website to properly suit iPad users, they made their native app take advantage of all the iPads strong suits. Open it up and you'll see their three main categories: "News", "Arts & Life", and "Music". You can effortlessly scroll through each category to see the latest stories. You can add them to your Playlist or click to read the stories and simply press the sound button and listen to it on the spot. This is how NPR should be digested all the time.DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

APP: iBooksCOMPLEX SAYS: This is the app Apple is pushing the hardest. If you don't own a Kindle, this is your best bet for reading books digitally. The bookshelf design theme is cool, and you can adjust the brightness of the pages as well as the font and text size on the pages, so you can comfortably read for hours.DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

APP: AIM for iPadCOMPLEX SAYS: The AIM app for the iPhone will run you $2.99, but the fuller featured iPad cousin will cost you nothing. The best AIM client we've ever used allows you to not only talk to people on AOL's network, but to all your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and if you still have any on there, Myspace. On top of that, it looks like Apple designed it themselves. There's no higher praise than that.DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

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